complexity
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Stakeholder and community engagement
The path to People-Led Innovation
People-Led Innovation enables public entrepreneurs to tap into their potentially most important – but underutilized – asset: people.
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Exploring the science of complexity
Exploring the science of complexity series (part 13): Concept 4 – Nonlinearity
In complex systems, clear causal relations cannot be traced because of multiple influences.
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Exploring the science of complexity
Exploring the science of complexity series (part 12): Concept 3 – System characteristics and behaviours emerge from simple rules of interaction
Emergent properties result from the interactions of the elements, but these are not properties of the individual elements themselves.
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Exploring the science of complexity
Exploring the science of complexity series (part 11): Concept 2 – Feedback processes promote and inhibit change within systems
Both positive and negative feedback processes take place, acting to dampen or amplify change.
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Exploring the science of complexity
Exploring the science of complexity series (part 10): Concept 1 – Interconnected and interdependent elements and dimensions
The phenomena that arise in systems of interconnected and interdependent elements and multiple dimensions.
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Exploring the science of complexity
Exploring the science of complexity series (part 9): Unpacking complexity science – Key concepts and implications for international aid
Introducing the 10 key concepts of complexity science.
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Exploring the science of complexity
Exploring the science of complexity series (part 8): Applications in the social, political and economic realms
The applications of complexity outside the physical sciences are the subject of debate. As with all debates, we can find…
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Systems & complexity
The Ellsberg Paradox and the ambiguity and complexity of decision-making
The complexity of a task and differences in how individuals perceive a problem’s ambiguity are key determinants of behaviour.
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Exploring the science of complexity
Exploring the science of complexity series (part 7): Origins of complexity sciences
The history of complexity sciences, and a perspective on the similarities and differences between complexity and systems approaches.
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Exploring the science of complexity
Exploring the science of complexity series (part 6): Background – The RAPID programme and the focus on change
The series gives special attention to the themes that have shaped the work of the Research and Policy in Development…